Geotextile Tube Dewatering: Dose the Slurry Before the Tube, Not In It
0.5-1.5 kg/m3 of SAP upstream of the tube lifts cake solids from 25 to 45 percent. Dosed at the fill port it gives a stiff inlet, soup at the far end.
Picking a Pump and Hose for Polymer Slurry: The Four Numbers That Matter
A 0.8% polymer slurry looks like thin wallpaper paste and behaves like nothing else on site. It pours, so people treat it as water and buy a water pump. It also settles, shears and sets, which is why that water pump is usually on the shelf with a burnt seal by the third week. The Four Numbers to Fix…
